There wasn’t much really wrong with this one, it’s just been tucked away and neglected for a good few years. The fretboard was rather caked in several years worth of goop. It was rather thick and dry so I very gently used a cabinet scraper. Very important not to scrape too hard, to only remove […]
Tag: Guitar setup
Tanglewood – Deep Clean and Setup
Nothing much fundamentally wrong with this one, it’s just in need of a thorough clean and setup. It’s not been used for quite some time but I believe it has significant sentimental value. The fretboard and frets were rather dirty, as was the rest of the guitar. A good scrub with 0000 grade steel wool […]
Epiphone Casino – Bridge Upgrade
A great guitar that’s been through the workshop once or twice before for a couple of other upgrades. I do love a semi-acoustic with a Bigsby, but they sadly they aren’t the most stable of tremolo units. A roller bridge can help quite a bit though. The original bridge had a nasty habit of lowering […]
Fender Jazz Bass – Replacement Neck
A strange one this, the top of the neck has quite a crack in it. I tried to glue and clamp it but the crack must go right through. When I tried to tighten the truss-rod it didn’t pull the neck into shape, it’s just opening up the split. Sadly it’s beyond my skills to […]
Ibanez RG – Fret Dress
This a rather unusual one, Ibanez guitars are normally a lot better than this… Having set it up to a normal standard it was choking out badly at the first fret. Turns out the first fret is really low. The only way to dial that problem out would be to put in a rather excessive […]
Jazzmaster – Shielding and Pickup swap
Need to improve the sound of your guitar? How about a new set of pickups and shield the pickup cavity to stop any unwanted hum while you’re at it… The inside of the Jazzmaster must be about as complicated as they come. However, a one-for-one pickup swap should be easy. Before the new pickups go […]
Custom built “Les Paul” style guitar
A kit guitar, just needs finishing off and setting up. It does have some problems though, the frets are very uneven and so causing quite a lot of fret-buzz. The first fret in particular is rather low. That’s a big problem as it means having to take every other fret down to that level. So, […]
Hofner bridge and nut upgrade
A rather nice guitar, but with room for improvement. I’ve had this guitar in the workshop before but we couldn’t quite get the intonation properly adjusted as there wasn’t enough space to move the saddles far enough. The nut is also plastic, so while we’re upgrading the bridge, I’ll cut and fit a bone […]
Strat’ – Setup
Here’s a rather nice Stratocaster, just needed a bit of a tweek on the setup. It’s got some nice pickups as well. Although for an American made Strat they got some basics wrong, the neck is on a little wonky. Since the neck will come off to adjust the truss-rod I’ll sort that out when […]
Schecter – Bent bridge
Fret Buss? there can be several reasons for that, this Schecter had a problem that I’d never encountered before… I’ve never encountered a bridge so bent out of shape. The top should be flat, with a curved bottom… I can’t fix that so it had to be replaced, there’s the new one, flat top, curved […]